If you go the Australian Taxation Office’s security-certificate-renewal page, and choose not to trust their own certificate, they send you to this page:
I chose not to trust ‘em quite a while ago, actually. I suppose it was inevitable that they’d cotton on eventually.
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I bet if you highlight the white space between the lines there's a hidden line that says "We have now begun monitoring all of your communication channels".
Time to pull out the tinfoil hat.
Comment by kamikrae-z — June 11, 2009 @ 4:11 pm
Ok, Ok.
You got me, that was pretty funny.
Now I wonder if you've gotten yourself flagged for not trusting them..?
Comment by dazzawul — June 11, 2009 @ 4:44 pm
Try applying for an ABN online using Firefox and the link on this page: http://www.business.gov.au/Business+Entry+Point/Business+Topics/Registration+and+licences/Register+for+taxation/Register+for+an+Australian+Business+Number+(ABN).htm
Comment by hitmouse — June 11, 2009 @ 6:09 pm
the scariest thing to hear from an ATO
flunkey,droid,jobsworth,first-aginst-wall when revolution-comes, officer:"Your papers are not in order!"
Cherman exent öptional.
Comment by corinoco — June 12, 2009 @ 10:24 pm